The Bloody Elbow staff has made its predictions for UFC 234, also it’s a clean sweep for Robert Whittaker to defend his middleweight title by beating Kelvin Gastelum, whilst everyone is backing Israel Adesanya over Anderson Silva in the co-main occasion. To put it differently, congrats to Gastelum and Silva in their wins Saturday.
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Note: Predictions are entered during the week and gathered the day prior to the event. Explanations behind each choice are not required and a few authors opt not to do this for their own motives. For instance, if Phil Mackenzie entered all of his predictions on Wednesday without adding in any excuses he has no idea if he is going to be the only one siding with one fighter for any specific fight.
Robert Whittaker vs. Kelvin Gastelum
Anton Tabuena: Two prior welterweights fighting for the middleweight belt. Will this convince people that intense weight cutting actually isn’t worth the trade off in operation? Likely not, but this should be an entertaining bout either way at least. I believe this is going to be even closer than that which the chances say, but I believe Whittaker is just slightly better just about everywhere, so he must take this. Robert Whittaker by decision.
Mookie Alexander: Gastelum has an opportunity here. He has strong hands, insane durability — maybe not Whittaker’s durability is to be scoffed at by any means — and excellent cardio. However, he’s not going to have the ability to take Whittaker down (or at least hold him there), and Whittaker has way more depth to his offensive striking. His leg kicks specifically can slow Gastelum down, and I think he cuts angles and combines his attack choice and goals more effectively than Kelvin. It is going to be a close fight through the opening couple of rounds but Whittaker will come on strong at the following rounds and get the win. Robert Whittaker by conclusion.
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